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How to look up Firefox interface IDs for use in custom styling
The Firefox web browser is without doubt the most customizable web browser when you compare those with a sizable market share.
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YouTube's new commenting system aims to push Google+, nothing more
I do not really read comments on YouTube that often and I attribute that partially to the quality of the comments on the site.
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Cloud encryption solution Boxcryptor launches local key feature
We have covered the cloud encryption solution Boxcryptor before here on Ghacks.
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Read and convert Excel spreadsheets with Excel Reader
How do you view a Microsoft Excel document without Office installed on your computer? You have quite a few options at your disposal to do that.
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You can now lock your device with Android Device Manager
Google introduced the new Android Device Manager web service back in August.
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Google to ban all NPAPI browser plug-ins in Chrome
Google officially removed support for NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) plugins in Chrome starting in 2015 (Chrome 42+), fully phasing t
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How to use the new guest browsing feature of Firefox Mobile
Handing over your mobile device to another person can be quite the challenging experience.
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Why I consider buying a Surface Pro 2 when it comes out
Microsoft has announced a refresh of the company's Surface series today.
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Mozilla launches Firefox's new caching back-end in Nightly version
Word about a new caching back-end for the Firefox web browser first spread when the lead designer of the project revealed that Mozilla was working on it in an a
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Create a list of all your Android apps in seconds
Have you ever encounter a situation where a friend or colleague asked you about the apps that you have installed on your Android device? Or where you wanted to
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Rapidshare changes subscription plans once again
Maybe it is just me, but it appears to me that Rapidshare is changing subscription plans and the site itself every six months or so.
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Assign custom names to Firefox windows for easier access
All windows of the Firefox web browser follow the same naming pattern; they always start with the title of the active tab followed by the name of the Firefox ch
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Why Windows 8's App Store is not popular
Who will use the Windows 8 app store? That was the first question that came to my mind when Microsoft announced that its newest operating system would ship with
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Why you may have received a Steam Trade Ban, and how to enable trading again
Ever since Valve introduced virtual items on Steam in Team Fortress 2, trading became a big topic.
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Mozilla moves Windows 8 version of Firefox to Aurora channel
Microsoft introduced the start screen interface in Windows 8, and with it came significant changes.
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BCArchive: create archives using public key encryption
Most archiving programs out there, be it free ones like 7-Zip or commercial ones like WinRar or WinZip, support some form of archive protection, usually in form
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Curiyo for Chrome displays additional contextual information on demand
Sometimes when you are reading articles on the Internet or access other information of interest, you may stumble upon words, names or other terms that you may w
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How to uninstall Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 11 is a big step forward for the default Windows system browser.
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Good news: Avira to remove Searchfree Toolbar from its products
Toolbars are a big business.
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Google Chrome a potential target for Google's post-cookies plan
The most common way of tracking users on the Internet is through the use of cookies.
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Display the local time on eBay for easier buying
One of the big advantages of eBay over other marketplaces is that you can sign in to all of its websites using a single account.
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Google to replace black menu with Chrome OS app launcher like menu
If you do not like the black menu bar that Google displays on top of most of the company's properties to interlink between them, now is your time to rejoice as
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How to block calls, SMS, MMS and private numbers on Android
It is not that difficult to ignore incoming calls or messages on your phone.
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How to fix Java issues in recent Firefox versions
Browser plugins like Java, Flash or Silverlight are third party programs that get loaded by the browsers provided that they are set up correctly and not blocked
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Work Folders: a new feature of Windows 8.1
If you browse the (desktop) control panel on a Windows 8.
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Macrorit Disk Scanner checks your hard drives for errors and issues
The Windows operating system ships with a native disk scanner that you can use to scan a hard drive partition for errors and issues.
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Firefox 24.0 for Android brings WebRTC, Night Mode and more
Updates for the desktop version of the Firefox web browser and its mobile version for Android are released at the same time by Mozilla.
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How to install the Media Center Pack in Windows 8.1
Windows 8.
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Microsoft reveals Windows 8.1 pricing, brings back full retail versions
Microsoft announced the pricing and packaging of the upcoming Windows 8.
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How to move from one Firefox channel to another
The Firefox web browser is offered in various versions (called channels by Mozilla), just like Google Chrome or Opera are.
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Use + email aliases trick in Outlook
Use the + sign in your Outlook email address to create instant, disposable aliases without changing settings.
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How to clear, change or move the Spotify cache
Spotify is a popular music streaming service that is available as a free and premium service for most operating systems.
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Firefox 24: Find out what is new
Mozilla will push out an update of the popular Firefox web browser later today that brings the stable channel to version 24.
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Malware Search for Firefox lets you search malware databases
The Internet is one of the best places when it comes to looking up file or process information.
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PickMeApp: deploy installed software on other PCs without reinstallation
If you ever had to switch computer systems, say from a PC running Windows XP to a shiny new one running Windows 8, you may have encountered the situation that y
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B1 Free Archiver: create and extract archives on Android
The Android operating system does not support that many archive formats by default.
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Should you buy computer hardware locally or on the Internet?
Back in the pre-Internet days, you had two options in regards to buying computer hardware.
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Where do you go for (official) Firefox support?
Web browsers like Firefox or Chrome sometimes behave in a different way than expected, may throw error messages your way, or may look or function different than
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Virustotal for Android scans all apps for malicious contents
Apps are without doubt one of the core features that helped Google and Apple gain traction in the mobile phone market so quickly.
